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/nɔː/

conj 5noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

absurd, bad, complicated, evil, express, fair, foul, genuine

It was neither fair nor absurd to expect them to work without proper training.

VERB + NOR

blame, don't, drink, know, love, name, snatch, state

I don't blame him nor his sister for leaving early that day.

NOR + NOUN

anything, buddha, fee, itself, less, number, peace, prison

She had neither money nor anything to show for her years of hard work.

PREP.

in, than

She had neither interest in politics nor time to follow the news.

ADV.

away, ever

She hadn't seen him in years, nor had she ever wanted to.

Definitions

conj

And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

Nor did I stop to think, but ran.

They are happy, nor need we worry.

A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.

I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.

I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.

Neither.

I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.

Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself.

Used to introduce a further negative statement.

The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.

I hardly spoke with nor listened to anybody else.

Than.

He's no better nor you.

'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'

noun

Alternative form of NOR.

noun

A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.

0 NOR 0 is 1; 1 NOR anything is 0.

The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR.

Acronym of nucleolus organiser region.

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Idioms & Phrases

hide nor hair

A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person.

He retired last June, and his coworkers have seen neither hide nor hair of him since.

neither here nor there

Having no influence or significance on the issue at hand.

The fact that pledges willingly submit themselves to hazing is neither here nor there, and any organization that engages in hazing will lose its charter.

neither fish nor fowl

Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.

Besides, I know I should hate being there without you; I'm a great old thing, as Jasper says, neither fish nor fowl, you know, not come out, and not a little girl in the schoolroom

neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).

The work of Ude is intended for the higher ranks, and for people of fortune. We conceive the book and the cook to have been overrated. It is neither French nor English — neither fi

neither a borrower nor a lender be

It is not good to borrow money from anybody, lest you will lose their trust and friendship.

Example Bank

Nor did I stop to think, but ran.

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They are happy, nor need we worry.

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Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink.

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0 NOR 0 is 1; 1 NOR anything is 0.

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The output state of the NOR gate will be high (1) when all the inputs are low (0). NOR gate returns the complement result of the OR gate.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, nor is marked as literary, archaic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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